> Home Page > Library

Library

We know you are always looking for information and tips you can utilize as you manage recreational facilities.

Below is a list of the resource documents available through the RFABC Resource Library. The RFABC Resource Library is provided through the support of funds from RFABC members. If you are not currently a member, please consider joining the association to support the ongoing collection and creation of resources such as the ones below.

If you are not a RFABC member, membership is available online using our Membership Application Form.

---

Hot Topics:

Regulatory Resources

Technical Safety BC

• Technical Safety BC Refrigeration Safety Leadership Responsibility and Plant Maintenance
• Technical Safety BC Manual for Owners and Operators of Special Status Plants (Arenas)
• Technical Safety BC Understanding and Preventing the Dangers of Ammonia Exposure
• Technical Safety BC Maintenance Program Guideline for Ammonia Plant Owners
• Technical Safety BC Guideline for In-Service Assessment of Ammonia Refrigeration Plants
• Technical Safety BC: 18 recommendations to improve ice rink refrigeration systems safety

WorkSafe BC

• WHMIS at Work (WorkSafeBC)
• Indoor Air Quality-A Guideline for Building Owners, Managers and Occupants (WorkSafeBC)
• Managing Safety from the Supervisor’s Perspective (WorkSafeBC)
• Preventing Heat Stress at Work (WorkSafeBC)
• Hazards of Confined Space for Municipalities (WorkSafeBC)
• 3 Steps to Effective Worker Education and Training (WorkSafeBC)
• Ammonia in Refrigeration Systems (WorkSafeBC)
• Ammonia: Employer Information for Ice Rinks and Recreational Facilities (WorkSafeBC)
• Chainsaw Safety (WorkSafeBC)

• Chlorine Safe Work Practices (WorkSafeBC)

• Controlling Exposure: Protecting Workers from Infectious Disease (WorkSafeBC)

Recreation Facilities Association of BC – Facility 2 Facility Magazine

• Facility to Facility Winter 2022
• Facility to Facility Fall 2021
•  Facility to Facility Summer 2021
•  Facility to Facility Spring 2021
  

Member Contributions

• Vancouver's Legacy of Recreation Facilities
• Curling History in Canada

• WHL History in BC (2019) 

Featured Facilities

• H20 Fitness and Adventure Centre

• The Beijing Water Cube

Aquatic Centre Management/Maintenance

•  "ATE" Your Pool: 5 Simple Steps to Improving Indoor Air Quality at your Facility

• AED Zoll Maintenance Checklist Canadian Red Cross

• Canadian Red Cross – Operational Best Practices for Aquatic Facilities

• Fitness trend: Will high-tech gyms be the future?

• Functional Planning your Fitness Space

• Getting Value From Splash Play

• New Pool Regulation effective October 8, 2010

• Operating Guidelines for Non-Regulated Water Facilities Ontario

• Pool Issues

• Preventative Maintenance for Recreation Facilities (Langara College)

• Public Aquatic Facility Safety Standards (Lifesaving Society)

• Public Health Act – Swimming Pool, Spray Pool and Wading Pool Regulations

• Recycling your Swimming Pool Water

• Semi-public Swimming Pool Safety Standards (Lifesaving Society)

• Spa Operator's Manual, Toronto Public Health

• Swimming Pool Basics

• Swimming Pool Operators Manual, Toronto Public Health

• Winterizing an Outdoor Swimming Pool

• World Aquatic Health Conference Precautions with Chlorine

 

Arena Management/Maintenance

Ammonia Equipment Integrity Program Webinar July 2020

• Webinar Recording
  
• Slide Deck from TSBC
• Slide Deck from Polar Engineering
  
• Work Safe BC News Release of Investigation Findings for Fernie Memorial Arena Incident
• Fernie Memorial Arena Incident Animation
• Ammonia in Refrigeration Systems in Ice Arenas Fact Sheet
• 11 Low Cost Ways to Reduce Your Rink’s Utility Bill (SaskPower and SPRA)

• 11 Zero Cost Ways to Reduce Your Rink’s Utility Bill (SaskPower and SPRA)

• Ammonia, the "Green" Refrigerant

• Arena Maintenance

• Arena Operator Guidelines, Mycom Reciprocating Compressor

• Arena Sound System Overview - Can You Hear Me Now

• B52 Mechanical Refrigeration Code

• BC Safety Standards Act

• Chief Engineer Role Questionnaire (March 2018) 

• CIMCO - Things you should know about Ice Rink Construction

• Conventional Ice Rink Refrigeration versus Geothermal Ice Rink Systems

• Corporate/Commercial Advertising in Recreation

• Custodial Basics

• Determining your Facilities Replacement

• Embodied Energy

• Energy Efficiency Tips for Curling Rinks (Curl Canada)

• Energy Efficient Arenas: It’s in our Power (ORFA)

• Energy Management Manual for Arena and Rink Operators (SaskPower and SPRA)

• Exposure Control Plan (Anhydrous Ammonia) - Coquitlam

• Exposure Control Plan (Anhydrous Ammonia) - Fort Nelson

• Exposure Control Plan (Anhydrous Ammonia) - Osoyoos

• Exposure Control Plan (Anhydrous Ammonia) - Summerland

• Featured Facility - The Enerplex, Fort St. John
  

• Geothermal Ice Arenas

• Guidelines for Evaluating Arena Dasherboard and Shielding Systems (ORFA)

• Hazard Alert Slips and Trips on Arena Ice Surfaces

• Hockey Line Drawings (October 2010, Canadian Recreation Facilities Council)

• Hockey Line Drawings - Ice Dimensions (2011)

• Hockey Line Drawings - Goal Crease Dimensions (2011)

• Hockey Line Drawings - Face-off Dot Dimensions (2011)

• Hockey Line Drawings - Restraining Line Dimensions (2011)

• HVAC Maintenance

• Ice Edger Operational Best Practices (ORFA)

• Ice Worker Head Protection

• Locker Room Care and Control Suggested Best Practices (ORFA)

• Maintaining Curling Ice

• Making Arena Curling Ice (Curl Canada)

• National Arena Census, December 2005 (CRFC)

• Natural Resources Canada Arena Energy Research: Influence of the type of Ice Rink Ceiling

• Natural Resources Canada Arena Energy Research: Management of Ice Temperature

• Natural Resources Canada Arena Energy Research: Optimization of Ice and Concrete Slab Thickness

• Natural Resources Canada Arena Energy Research: Optimizing Refrigeration Condensing Temperature

• Natural Resources Canada Arena Energy Research: Reduction of Lighting Intensity in the Ice Rink

• Natural Resources Canada Arena Energy Research: Reference Arena

• Natural Resources Canada Arena Energy Research: Secondary Coolant

• Natural Resources Canada Arena Energy Research: Temperature Optimization in the Stands

• Natural Resources Canada Arena Energy Research: Using a Network of Heat Pumps

• Preventative Maintenance for Recreation Facilities

• Preventative Maintenance for Recreation Facilities (Langara College)

• Public Skating: Guidelines and Best Practices (ORFA) 

• Refrigeration Compressors

• Save Green by Painting Green

• Saving Energy at the Rink Helps Keep Ice Costs Down (ORFA)

• The Great Lighting Debate

• The Great Lighting Debate, Part 2

• The Importance of Doing Ice Measurements

• Tips to Reduce Your Rink’s Electrical Demand Charge (SaskPower and SPRA)

• Understanding Artificial Ice Operating Temperatures (ORFA)

• Understanding Fuel Savings in the Boiler Room

 Conference Presentations  

 2022

Session Name	Speaker Name
Advances in Pool Filtration – Better Health, Lower Energy	Taio Waldhaus
What does it take to move up in this organization?!	Yue-Ching Chen
Good Design is Inclusive Design: Creating Meaningful Access in Recreation Facilities	Fiona Jones Stan Leyenhorst
Recognizing, Assessing and Controlling Legionella in Purposely Built Water Systems	Kimiko Banati
Running Efficient Skate Shops, Esquimalt	Dan Pauls
Running Efficient Skate Shops, Saanich	Heather Galey
Running Efficient Skate Shops, Coquitlam	Sonia Sahota, Katrina McCurrach
Supportive Parent Conversations	Tazeen Bharucha, Keith Holloway
Write an RFP to get the services you want	Stella Nicolet, Sam Collin
There's an app for that...Going Paperless	Christy Norrington, Jeff Downie, Brad Atchison, Julie Duncan
Building the Case for Replacement & Repair of Aging Infrastructure	Paul Fast
Strategies for Balancing Indoor Air Quality and Energy Consumption	Kyle Hasenkox, Todd Backus, Richard Corra
Improving Technical Safety in Recreational Facilities in BC	Hamid Azarnoush, Alex Ayles

Customer Service

• Customer Service Tips
• Excellence in Customer Service - A Guideline
• Keeping Customers Happy

Facility Management Supervision & Leadership

• A Living Laboratory

• A Mini Facility Management Assessment

• Arena to assist its neighbours

• Collaborating for Community Success

• Concessions - Serving Profit-Packed Ideas

• Conflict Resolution - Winning With Difficult People

• Contracting out Recreation and Sport Services (Presentation Handout)

• Corporate Retention Strategy 1 - Trust

• Dealing with change - Using Force Field Analysis

• Decision Making Tips, Part 1

• Decision Making Tips, Part 2

• Environmental Certification for Existing Buildings: LEED©

• Facility Planning and Design Guidelines: Arena (ORFA)

• Getting ‘Shovel Ready’

• Hard to say I’m sorry

• How Showing a Little Appreciation Motivates Employees

• How to Avoid Being Manipulated by an Employee

• How to Deal With the Over-dependent Employee

• How to Remember Names

• Identifying Candidates for Leadership

• Improving the Professional Relationship Between Ice Arena Managers and Maintenance Staff (2008 Vince Kreiser Thesis Paper)

• Inclusive staff training in your recreation facility

• Knowledge Capital - What do we do with the information?

• LBGTQ Resource for Sport Organizatons

• Life Cycle Planning

• Managing the Generational Differences in the Workplace

• Massaging Corporate Sponsorships

• Meetings That Count

• Multipurpose Recreation Facilities Require Design Considerations

• Naming Sponsorships Becoming A Tough Sell

• Notes about Leadership

• Project Management Checklist for Leading Volunteers

• Recycling In Recreation Facilities

• Sample worker orientation checklist (doc)

• Serving it right? (selling and serving of alcohol)

• The Art of Onboarding

• The Benefit of the Doubt

• Top 12 Reasons for Implementing Succession Planning

• Uniform Provision for Skate Staff (Survey Conducted Jan. 2018) 

• Vancouver's Legacy of Recreation Facilities

• What Great Supervisors Do Differently

• What the Best CEOs Know

• When You're the Top Dog: Three Keys to Leading like a Professional

• Wringing out Performance
  
  Occupational Health and Safety/Risk Management
  

• Your best project guesstimate??

• Air Quality Guidelines for Arenas (ORFA)

• Ammonia - Exposure Control Plan - Coquitlam

• Ammonia - Exposure Control Plan - Fort Nelson
• Ammonia - Exposure Control Plan - Osoyoos

• Ammonia - Exposure Control Plan - Summerland

• Ammonia - Alarm Leak Response Procedure - Osoyoos 

• Ammonia - Critical Emergency Measures - Osoyoos

• Ammonia - Plant Entry Procedures - Osoyoos

• Ammonia - Plant Shutdown Procedures - Osoyoos

• Ammonia - Safe Work Procedures - Draining Oil Pot - Osoyoos

• Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs): Guidelines for Recreation Facilities (ORFA)

• Canadian Fitness Safety Standards (Canadian Fitness Matters)

• Emergency Planning and Evacuation (ORFA)

• Exposure Control Plans - BC Municipal Safety Association 

• Facility Noise – The Potential to Have Long Term Affects (ORFA)

• Getting Ahead of Head Injuries in Sports and Recreation

• Guidelines for Entrapment Hazards – Making Pools and Spas Safer (US Product Safety Commission)

• Guidelines for Reporting Critical Injuries in a Recreation Workplace Involving Non-Workers (ORFA)

• Ice Worker Head Protection (ORFA)

• Indoor Air in Ice Facilities – Understanding the Issues (ORFA)

• Light Bulb Changing – Risks and Responsibilities (ORFA)

• Moulds in Your Home and Facility

• Personal Lightning Safety Tips

• Propane Use Indoors (ORFA)

• Public Playground Safety Handbook (US Product Safety Commission)

• Sample Anti-Violence Policy for Recreation Facilities (BC Sport Safe)

• Self Contained Breathing Apparatus: Refrigeration Mechanical Rooms (ORFA)

• Skate Sharpening – Safety Tips From the Pros

• Snow Load Analysis for Public Building Roof Systems (ORFA)

• Study Reveals Alarming Concussion Trends in Youth Hockey

• Suggested Guideline for Arena Nets and Pegs (ORFA)

• Suggested Guidelines for Entry into Mechanical Rooms (ORFA)

• Suggested Guidelines for Public Skating (ORFA)

• Those pesky Mice!

• Wiping Out Graffiti

Parks, Sports field, Playspace Maintenance

• A Guide to Community Tree Planting and Care (Tree Canada)

• Accessible Playspaces in Canada – A Guideline (Canadian Coalition for Accessible Playspaces)

• Basic Baseball Field Layout

• Canada's Largest Water Park Opens

• Children Living Near Green Spaces Are More Active

• CSA Standards for Children's Playspaces and Equipment (2014 Langara College) 

• Cutting Slopes and Around Waterways

• Economic and Environmental Choices in Parks Fertilization

• Entire Synthetic Turf Fields Now Being Recycled

• Field Checklist (Sports Turf Association)

• Green Space Benefits

• Green spaces (lawns) are not so green

• Guidelines for Maintaining Outdoor Ice (ORFA)

• Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety

• Healthy Lawns (Health Canada)

• Injuries Associated with Playground Equipment (Public Health Agency of Canada)

• Integrated Pest Management Act

• Integrated Pest Management Regulation

• Lawn Maintenance Fact Sheet (Health Canada)

• Norms and Standards in Synthetic Turf Projects

• Parking to Parks

• Playground Best Practices – 11 Steps to a Successful Playground (CPSI)

• Playing Smart Soccer

• Playspace Planning, Construction and Maintenance (2015 Langara College)

• Pruning Trees and Shrubs

• Putting a Price on Walkability

• Q and A about Outdoor Skating Rinks

• Ramping Up: A Nova Scotia Skatepark Resource (Nova Scotia Health)

• Soccer - Laws of the Game FIFA 2009-2010

• The Health Benefits of Parks (The Trust for Public Land)

• Tips for Building a New Skate Park

• Trail Specification Guidelines (SPRA)

Provincial and National Associations

• British Columbia Parks and Recreation Association
• Alberta Association for Recreation Facility Personnel
• Alberta Recreation and Parks Association
• Canadian Parks and Recreation Association